Google Engineer Stalked Teens, Spied on Chats

We entrust Google with our most private communications because we assume the company takes every precaution to safeguard our data. It doesn't. A Google engineer spied on four underage teens for months before the company was notified of the abuses.

David Barksdale, a 27-year-old former Google engineer, repeatedly took advantage of his position as a member of an elite technical group at the company to access users' accounts, violating the privacy of at least four minors during his employment, we've learned. Barksdale met the kids through a technology group in the Seattle area while working as a Site Reliability Engineer at Google's Kirkland, Wash. office. He was fired in July 2010 after his actions were reported to the company.

What worries me the most...

It's unclear how many accounts Barksdale inappropriately accessed while employed by Google, or if the company has conducted a thorough investigation into possible privacy abuses by other employees.

So Google cant even keep track of its own employees, and now with the new privacy update they can keep even more track of the public. I feel so much safer. Pun intended.

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reply to post by LonelyGuy




yet another reason not to use google

reply to post by TheGuyFawkes


Someone say something?

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lol ya thats right we went there

reply to post by mainidh


I think chris hansen should have a word with google...

reply to post by LonelyGuy


is david wilcock invited?

Originally posted by TheGuyFawkes
reply to post by LonelyGuy

 

is david wilcock invited?

Lmao, shhhh you cant talk about that - it attracts unicorns!!!!

"I feel so much safer."

We should consider any human-readable (unencrypted by us) information that we post online no different than putting it on a damn billboard.

If you don't like it, don't use these services (I have ditched Facebook, MySpace, etc.).

Originally posted by AkumaStreak
"I feel so much safer."

We should consider any human-readable (unencrypted by us) information that we post online no different than putting it on a damn billboard.

If you don't like it, don't use these services (I have ditched Facebook, MySpace, etc.).

i dont use google street view. but my house is still on it. do i have a choice? no.

Oh this is just great...I guess privacy really IS a thing of the past, no? Beginning to seriously contemplate just dropping off the grid to the fullest extent possible

Originally posted by LonelyGuy

Originally posted by AkumaStreak
"I feel so much safer."

We should consider any human-readable (unencrypted by us) information that we post online no different than putting it on a damn billboard.

If you don't like it, don't use these services (I have ditched Facebook, MySpace, etc.).

i dont use google street view. but my house is still on it. do i have a choice? no.

Well thats not really google. You see, anyone who wants can crive down your street and see your house.

You can't make it invisible.

that's just how things are, but your Email et al, well.. they're not public.